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@@ -5,14 +5,18 @@ menuconfig BLOCK
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bool "Enable the block layer" if EMBEDDED
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default y
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help
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- This permits the block layer to be removed from the kernel if it's not
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- needed (on some embedded devices for example). If this option is
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- disabled, then blockdev files will become unusable and some
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- filesystems (such as ext3) will become unavailable.
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+ Provide block layer support for the kernel.
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- This option will also disable SCSI character devices and USB storage
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- since they make use of various block layer definitions and
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- facilities.
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+ Disable this option to remove the block layer support from the
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+ kernel. This may be useful for embedded devices.
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+
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+ If this option is disabled:
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+
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+ - block device files will become unusable
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+ - some filesystems (such as ext3) will become unavailable.
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+
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+ Also, SCSI character devices and USB storage will be disabled since
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+ they make use of various block layer definitions and facilities.
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Say Y here unless you know you really don't want to mount disks and
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suchlike.
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@@ -23,9 +27,20 @@ config LBD
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bool "Support for Large Block Devices"
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depends on !64BIT
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help
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- Say Y here if you want to attach large (bigger than 2TB) discs to
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- your machine, or if you want to have a raid or loopback device
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- bigger than 2TB. Otherwise say N.
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+ Enable block devices of size 2TB and larger.
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+
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+ This option is required to support the full capacity of large
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+ (2TB+) block devices, including RAID, disk, Network Block Device,
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+ Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and loopback.
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+
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+ For example, RAID devices are frequently bigger than the capacity
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+ of the largest individual hard drive.
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+
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+ This option is not required if you have individual disk drives
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+ which total 2TB+ and you are not aggregating the capacity into
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+ a large block device (e.g. using RAID or LVM).
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+
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+ If unsure, say N.
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config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
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bool "Support for tracing block io actions"
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@@ -33,19 +48,21 @@ config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
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select RELAY
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select DEBUG_FS
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help
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- Say Y here, if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
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+ Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
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on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
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- on a block device queue. For more information (and the user space
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- support tools needed), fetch the blktrace app from:
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+ on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
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+ support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:
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git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
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+ If unsure, say N.
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+
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config LSF
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bool "Support for Large Single Files"
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depends on !64BIT
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help
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- Say Y here if you want to be able to handle very large files (bigger
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- than 2TB), otherwise say N.
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+ Say Y here if you want to be able to handle very large files (2TB
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+ and larger), otherwise say N.
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If unsure, say Y.
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@@ -53,14 +70,16 @@ config BLK_DEV_BSG
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bool "Block layer SG support v4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
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depends on EXPERIMENTAL
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---help---
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- Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v4 support
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- for any block device.
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-
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- Unlike SG v3 (aka block/scsi_ioctl.c drivers/scsi/sg.c), SG v4
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- can handle complicated SCSI commands: tagged variable length cdbs
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- with bidirectional data transfers and generic request/response
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- protocols (e.g. Task Management Functions and SMP in Serial
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- Attached SCSI).
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+ Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v4 support
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+ for any block device.
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+
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+ Unlike SG v3 (aka block/scsi_ioctl.c drivers/scsi/sg.c), SG v4
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+ can handle complicated SCSI commands: tagged variable length cdbs
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+ with bidirectional data transfers and generic request/response
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+ protocols (e.g. Task Management Functions and SMP in Serial
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+ Attached SCSI).
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+
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+ If unsure, say N.
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endif # BLOCK
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